Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs

The multi-link operation (MLO) is a new feature proposed to be part of the IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT) amendment. Such feature represents a paradigm shift towards multi-link communications, as nodes will be allowed to transmit and receive data over multiple radio interfaces concurr...

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Autores: López Raventós, Álvaro, Bellalta, Boris
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/55588
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.006.2100404
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:IEEE 802.11be
Multi-link operation
Traffic allocation
WLANs
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spelling Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANsLópez Raventós, ÁlvaroBellalta, BorisIEEE 802.11beMulti-link operationTraffic allocationWLANsThe multi-link operation (MLO) is a new feature proposed to be part of the IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT) amendment. Such feature represents a paradigm shift towards multi-link communications, as nodes will be allowed to transmit and receive data over multiple radio interfaces concurrently. To make it possible, the 802.11be Task Group has proposed different modifications in regards to nodes' architecture, transmission operation, and management functionalities. This article reviews such changes and tackles the question of how traffic should be distributed over multiple links, as it is still unresolved. To that end, we evaluate different load balancing strategies over the active links. Results show that in high load, dense and complex scenarios, implementing congestion aware load balancing policies to significantly enhance next-generation WLAN performance using MLO is a must.This work has been partially supported by the Spanish Government under grant WINDMAL PGC2018-099959-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER,UE), by the Catalan Government under grant 2017-SGR1188, and Cisco.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/55588http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.006.2100404reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésIEEE Wireless Communications. 2022;29(4):94-100.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-099959-B-I00© 2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.006.2100404info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/555882026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
spellingShingle Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
López Raventós, Álvaro
IEEE 802.11be
Multi-link operation
Traffic allocation
WLANs
title_short Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
title_full Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
title_fullStr Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
title_full_unstemmed Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
title_sort Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Raventós, Álvaro
Bellalta, Boris
author López Raventós, Álvaro
author_facet López Raventós, Álvaro
Bellalta, Boris
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv IEEE 802.11be
Multi-link operation
Traffic allocation
WLANs
topic IEEE 802.11be
Multi-link operation
Traffic allocation
WLANs
description The multi-link operation (MLO) is a new feature proposed to be part of the IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT) amendment. Such feature represents a paradigm shift towards multi-link communications, as nodes will be allowed to transmit and receive data over multiple radio interfaces concurrently. To make it possible, the 802.11be Task Group has proposed different modifications in regards to nodes' architecture, transmission operation, and management functionalities. This article reviews such changes and tackles the question of how traffic should be distributed over multiple links, as it is still unresolved. To that end, we evaluate different load balancing strategies over the active links. Results show that in high load, dense and complex scenarios, implementing congestion aware load balancing policies to significantly enhance next-generation WLAN performance using MLO is a must.
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